Comments for Writing Every Day

Comment on Journey Between Worlds by Pam Phillips

Pam Phillips — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:14:57 +0000

That’s exactly why Mel is a believable character.

Comment on What Butterfly Bush? by Pam Phillips

Pam Phillips — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:12:36 +0000

Neat! I love watching display hives.

I think the bees will let you smell their roses.

Comment on Journey Between Worlds by Chris 1.0

Chris 1.0 — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:54:35 +0000

“…Mel is profoundly conservative. She wants to teach because that will give her space in her life to raise a family. She expects to inherit her grandmother’s house. And she hasn’t looked beyond her high school sweetheart for a lifemate.”

Seriously, you need to spend some more time with the average female college freshman. It’s scary how many have been indoctrinated to think exactly this way. Even here in lib’ral Massachusetts. ‘I’m just going to get a degree while I find a husband, and then go raise my 2.2 kids and get ready to take care of my parents in their old age.’ Very disheartening.

Comment on What Butterfly Bush? by Fran Giuffre

Fran Giuffre — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:19:19 +0000

When Bill & I vacationed in Woodstock VT we stopped in a general store that had a case with honey bees working away. They entered from some outside hole and came and went as they wanted. I took a picture with my cell phone and if I ever get it unloaded I will send it out. My lemon-scented roses are blooming beautifully this August but when I lean in to smell them, I find bees resting there! I leave them alone, as you have given me a new respect for the work they do — and I wouldn’t want them to get mad, either.

Comment on On-line fiction by Lethe

Lethe — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 03:59:11 +0000

I agree: nothing like a real book. But I’m an online writer and I must cope with publishing not in print but in cyber space. What I’ve learned from the short while I’ve been publishing online is this: space between paragraphs helps a lot and clutter-less pages. In addition, I expand my “blog fiction” sites to include podcast to the writing and even a graphic novel for one. Beyond that it’s the same qualities of deadtree fiction that hold readers’ attention online: character development, moving plot, vivid language.

Comment on Am I Writing A Lot? by Pam Phillips

Pam Phillips — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:07:28 +0000

Excellent. Now finish those openings!

Comment on Am I Writing A Lot? by damyantig

damyantig — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:05:36 +0000

Yes, I am writing a lot. Not all of it is publishing-worthy material, but I think I am getting together a nice slush pile which has given me a few great story openings. I am speed-writing nowadays, taking a writing-prompt and running with it, and I am timing myself. I write more about it here:

http://amloki.blogspot.com/2008/07/writing-about-writing-fast-really-fast.html

Comment on I Bought A Little City by Chris 1.0

Chris 1.0 — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:33:32 +0000

“60 Stories” had been hard to find for awhile, but I see there was a new edition a few years back. I should get a copy. I have “40 Stories” on the shelf. Maybe I can loan it to you at some point. Don’t be afraid to ask.

Comment on I Bought A Little City by Pam Phillips

Pam Phillips — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:45:25 +0000

Yeah, this one made me want to find more Barthelme. Eventually I’ll get around to checking out his collection, Sixty Stories.

Thank you for the link to “The Baby.”

Comment on I Bought A Little City by Chris 1.0

Chris 1.0 — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:44:47 +0000

Barthelme has been one of my favorite writers since I first encountered “The Baby” (http://www.eskimo.com/~jessamyn/barth/baby.html) some years ago. He’s on my list of great short-short storyists (with Robert Olen Butler and T.C. Boyle, before he got too pretentious), and predates most of them. It’s interesting to see this one turn up from the archives (1974!).